What are some common grantsmanship strengths and weaknesses?
ASHA’s Science and Research Programs include several opportunities for students and emerging-to-mid-career scientists to enhance grantmanship: Lessons for Success, Clinical Practice Research Institute, Grant Reviewer Training, and special sessions at the annual Convention focused on funding mechanisms and grantsmanship. One message that resonates throughout these varied programs is that successful applications have several characteristics in common that are essential to receiving support in a competitive funding environment. These characteristics include • innovation • creativity • demonstrable feasibility • evident institutional support • a strong sense of scientific context • highly significant aims • a full complement of the necessary experienced personnel • a realistic scope of investigation Consideration of the varied ways in which applications often go astray is also instructive. Some of the most common weaknesses stem from the failure to • consider alternative experimental outco
